We present an empirical test for the addictiveness of lottery gambling. To distinguish state dependence from serial … correlation, we exploit an exogenous shock to local market consumption of lottery gambling. We use the sale of a winning ticket in … a causal relationship between present and future consumption. This test of addiction is based on the definition of …

Is there such a thing as addiction? -- Gambling in scientific focus -- Picoeconomics, impulsive consumption, and … disordered gambling -- Behavioral and psychological investigations of disordered gambling -- The neuroeconomics of addiction … -- Addictive gambling as the basic form of addiction -- Clinical evidence and implications -- The microexplanation of disordered …